The Library at the Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville

Last week we said goodbye to my co-librarian Sarah Reeves. Sarah has gone on to work at a lovely company on the French Broad river where the beer flows as steady as the French Broad river...but is much cleaner and I imagine it is much tastier, too.  We miss her and we wish her all the best! Now, back to business... In the meantime, only I will be here to meet your library needs until we find a new librarian to join the LR-AVL team. If you stop in to the library area when Sarah was usually here and you don't see me, don't fret! I'm still here to help you! However, I highly suggest making an appointment with me to ensure someone is physically here to help. Still, pop-ins are welcome. Email or call to set up an appointment!  Allison Etzel email - Allison.Etzel@lr.edu phone - 828.407.4259 As always, feel free to reach out to our cohorts on the Hickory campus. They keep more regular hours and are happy to help you via phone call or email. ...

RESEARCH HACK:  BOOLEAN AND/OR/NOT BUST If you have conducted a search within a database, chances are you have used Boolean operators, whether you knew it or not.  Basic  Boolean operators , which are the words " and ", " or " and " not ", are used in a search inquiry to broaden or narrow your search. Using these terms in specific ways, along with key search terms for your area of study, will help you focus your search and connect various search terms to help you find exactly what you are searching. Let's break it down by each operator. AND Using the operator " AND " will narrow your search. This is because you are giving a search command that implies you only want search results that include all of your search terms together in the results. For example, you search: cat AND rapper In the diagram below, the yellow represents all the results that came back that contain both of those search terms. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIN...